No animal was as responsible for exploration west of the Mississippi River as the beaver. The largest of all North American rodents, the beaver was pursued throughout the West. Beaver was the most ...

The descendants of black-bear-sized giants who could haul massive rocks with their mouths, modern Castor canadensis once ...

December floods filled this otherwise-dry stream in central Pennsylvania, but human-crafted beaver dam imitations slowed the flow of stormwater downstream. Photo courtesy Siobhan Fathel. SAINT PAUL, ...

BEAVER DAM – On a Monday afternoon in early March 2018, an explosion at an apartment building made Beaver Dam — a small city of about 16,000 people in southeast Wisconsin — a hub for local, state and ...

Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB Sheep Creek, a few miles west of La Grande, feeds the headwaters of the Grande Ronde River. Over the years, the area — nestled in the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest that ...

CHELMSFORD, Mass — You might think a beaver dam where there's no water isn't worth a log, but you'd be wrong. An adorable baby beaver at a wildlife rescue center in Massachusetts who has gone viral ...

Beaver-inspired structures could limit flooding and benefit wildlife habitat, but state permitting is arduous.

JACKSON - Around the perimeter of a pond and through a thicket of willows, an incarcerated, slightly smelly ball of wet fur stared through the wire mesh of a beaver trap. Its offense: draining a small ...

Dodge County officials speaking at the annual economic update luncheon on Thursday talked about some progress in the area including new businesses, housing and a new middle school coming to Beaver Dam ...

Blamed for flooded fields, damaged roads and the occasional death, the beaver, which has played a seminal role in Canadian history, is now viewed by many as a problem, not a point of national pride.